DHAKA, Jan 13, 2026 (BSS) - A Dhaka court today set February 18 to submit a probe report in the case lodged over the Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam set the new date as the investigation agency Criminal Investigation Department (CID) failed to submit the report today. According to the case documents, unidentified Hackers stole $101m from BB's accounts with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on February 5, 2016. However, the transfer of $20 million to Sri Lanka failed because of a spelling error by the hackers. Then Deputy Director (accounts and budgeting) of Bangladesh Bank Zobayer Bin Huda filed the case with Motijheel Police Station on March 15, 2016.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 13, 2026 06:11 UTC